France's elections: Can the NFP hold its ground against the right? | The Marc Steiner Show

The twists and turns of France's recent election have ended with a surprise majority for the New Popular Front, a hastily cobbled together left coalition running the gamut from the Communists to the Greens. The NFP's unexpected triumph turned the early success of the far-right National Rally in the first round of the election on its head. But the right in France is far from defeated, and whether the NFP can hold its ground, or expand its influence from here, remains to be seen. Axel Persson, general secretary of the CGT Railway Workers Union in Trappes, joins The Marc Steiner Show for a postmortem of the election, the challenges that remain ahead for the French left, and what lessons can be learned by observers from around the world.
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Post-Production: Alina Nehlich
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[@1johnnygunn]

The macron set has nearly destroyed France

[@CurtisJeffries-cd5vu]

bruh, it doesn't really matter, jus got done watching a video walk through of Paris, France and it literally has no Frnch people in it wutsoever. I mean everyone is blk. their isn't a France TO SAVE.

[@hassanal-mosawi4235]

Well said and explained!

[@jeepninja1]

Does anyone trust elections these days? I mean come on.

[@patricialongo5870]

Elections must utterly terrify the right wing capitalists who have power. Democracy would take away their government and hand it to the communities.

[@dannydenison6253]

Keep Unionizing and organizing!

[@Nimue_Hexadragon]

Axel Persson is amazing!

[@StateOfPurgatory]

Very good report

[@Julian-ez3iq]

Hope not....

[@patricialongo5870]

So you don't want fascism to end? The population is probably going to lose to NATO. So you probably have nothing to fear.

[@luckisalady1]

They will be sorry for sure. They got no idea what is about to happen to them all. oh well... bye...

[@stavroskarageorgis4804]

La Macronie survived. That's the long and the short of it.

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FOOLS SELF DESTRUCTION

[@patricialongo5870]

Everyone understands that Thatcherism and macronism are going to bring massive failures for society.

[@d.i.d12]

🙏🏼🙏🏼💯💯

[@fernly2]

❤would the American system of economics composed by Alexander Hamilton in 1780, work for we, the working class people of France? Xi uses this system in China where millions have been lifted out of poverty! When it has been used in USA the economy has been stable and steadily improving. Where US has used a central banking system only boom and bust cycles result.

[@patricialongo5870]

The boom and bust creates the underclass of workers who power endless war and ecocide. Americans broadly support capitalism against life, against humanity.

[@Dakini31]

Socialists, communists and Islamists…. What can go wrong?

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Don't know, but plenty can go right 😊though

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[@patricialongo5870]

Anti war Green politics Will definitely be your enemy.

[@cornpop7176]

Imagine voting for more failure

[@luckisalady1]

They rigged it big-time and it will be rigged big-time here in the USA. Just watch.